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Teacher accuses antidrug cops of stealing valuables

ILOILO City – A school teacher accused operatives of the Police Regional Office 6’s (PRO-6) Regional Drug Enforcement Unit (RDEU) of stealing valuables from her home...

P1.4 billion released to WV social pensioners

ILOILO City – For this year as of Dec. 2, P1.4 billion has so far been released to 246,421 social pensioners in Western Visayas, according to...
Daryl John Bantiling captures the gold medal in elementary boys long jump of the ongoing 2019 Iloilo School Sports Council Meet at the Iloilo Sports Complex. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

5th Dist. gains early lead in ISSC Meet

ILOILO City – Congressional District Sports Association (CDSA) 5 gained the early edge at the start of the 2019 Iloilo School Sports Council Meet at the...

‘Don’t bring pork products as pasalubong’

ILOILO City – This holiday season, do not to bring pork and pork byproducts as pasalubong (presents by one arriving from a trip) when coming home...
Mayor Jerry Treñas. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

TREÑAS: COURTS CAN’T BE SISSIES

ILOILO City – Already “exasperated with some courts”, Mayor Jerry Treñas appealed for speedy resolution to the dragging legal battle between Panay Electric Co. (PECO) and...
Iloilo City Treasurer Jinny Hermano receives this check amounting to P134.9 million from Panay Electric Co. administrative manager Marcelo Cacho as the company’s payment for a decade of long-overdue real property taxes. CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE PHOTO

Threat of auction forces PECO to finally pay P134-M tax dues

ILOILO City – Panay Electric Co. (PECO) finally paid its real property tax (RPT) yesterday. The city government threatened to auction P90-million worth of PECO assets on...
A WALK THROUGH HISTORY. Iloilo’s Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. inspects the “Panaysayon sang Paranublion” wall at the redeveloped provincial capitol grounds on Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City. The wall, 15 meters long and two meters high, encapsulates Iloilo’s rich history and heritage through a mix of bas-relief, alto-rilievo (high relief) and fully sculptured figures. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

National Museum cites Iloilo capitol complex

ILOILO – A cultural and heritage landmark. This was how the National Museum of the Philippines described the redeveloped Iloilo provincial capitol complex. “What has been realized...

RAILWAY REVIVAL: Hybrid electric train for Panay mulled

ILOILO City – The revival of the Panay railway system has long been proposed. But what type of train would be used if the plan pushes...
Photo by Ian Paul Cordero/PN

29 towns to dump garbage in Passi City

ILOILO – Twenty-nine municipalities will be dumping their solid waste at the 12-hectare sanitary landfill of Passi City when the facility is finally operational. The P308-million integrated...

‘NO HOLIDAY TRUCE’ Army’s 3ID ‘not cool’ to Christmas ceasefire with NPA

ILOILO City – As Christmas Day draws near, Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division – which operates in the islands of Panay and Negros – is standing pat on...